The departmental council of Morbihan (Brittany, France) has confirmed the option to build a second RoPax vessel (roll-on roll-off passenger ship) at Aker Yards, Lorient, a shipyard located in Lanester, Morbihan. It is a sister ship of the Bangor, delivered in June 2006.The 450 passenger ship will be 46 meters long and is due for delivery in the second quarter of 2008. The value of the order is EUR 13 million.
The ship is designed to serve the island of Groix, in Brittany. It will benefit from the unique design features of the Bangor, such as multiple entrances, in order to facilitate embarkment and disembarkment, or the transversal propulsion system, making the ship easy to manoeuvre.